Family Ties (film)
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Director Kim Tae-yong Music director Jo Seong-woo Country South Korea | 7.2/10 Genre Drama Duration Language Korean | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date May 18, 2006 (2006-05-18) Writer Tae-yong Kim, Ki-yeong Sung Initial release May 18, 2006 (South Korea) Screenplay Kim Tae-yong, Seong Gi-yeong Cast Moon So-Ri (Mira), Ko Doo-sim (Moo-sin), Tae-woong Eom (Hyung-chul), Gong Hyo-jin (Sun-kyung), Bong Tae-gyu (Kyung-seok), Jung Yoo-mi (Chae-hyeon)Similar movies Related Kim Tae-yong movies |
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Family Ties (Hangul: 가족의 탄생; RR: Gajokeui tansaeng; lit. "Birth of a Family") is the second film by South Korean director Kim Tae-yong. Mismarketed as a slapstick comedy through its promotional posters, the film is actually a generation-to-generation view of two families through love and life.
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Synopsis
The film is divided into three different 'family' portraits. The first two take place at roughly the same time.
In part one, restaurateur Mi-ra (Moon So-ri) is satisfied with her ordered, if solitary, life until her ex-con brother Hyung-chul (Uhm Tae-woong) suddenly appears with his much older new wife Mu-shin (Go Doo-shim) in tow. Mi-ra reluctantly allows them to stay a time with her at the family home, but friction builds over a short time and with the unexpected arrival of Mu-shin's young stepdaughter Chae-hyun, the three adults quickly reach a breaking point.
Part two concerns a quick-tempered young woman Sun-kyung (Gong Hyo-jin) and her relationship with her estranged mother (Kim Hye-ok). Sun-kyung's resentment toward her mother is exacerbated by an affair the latter is having with a married man (Ju Jin-mo). Sun-kyung diligently tries to find employment in Japan, but once her mother dies of cancer, she must care for her young half-brother Kyung-suk and abandon her expatriation.
Part three brings together the first two story lines with the relationship of Chae-hyun (Jung Yu-mi) and Kyung-suk (Bong Tae-gyu) some years later. Kyung-suk, now a college student, is extremely jealous of Chae-hyun's openness to other men in her life and their compatibility is tested as a result of what he considers her "easy" behavior [her promiscuity is neither confirmed or denied]. The film ends with Kyung-suk being accepted by Chae-hyun's adopted family from part one.
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
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